The patient is also assessed for bleeding and leakage at the PEG site. After this interval, PEG feedings can be initiated.

Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

The circumstances of the death of a man with learning disabilities has been highlighted after a split catheter was left in ...